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the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v all_o honour_n and_o glory_n now_o and_o ever_o amen_o finis_fw-la quoniam_fw-la viri_fw-la doctissimi_fw-la angli_fw-la &_o sacrarum_fw-la literarum_fw-la peritissimi_fw-la apud_fw-la i_o fide_fw-la dignissimi_fw-la apologian_n hanc_fw-la friderici_fw-la staphylia_n thoma_n stapletono_n fideliter_fw-la traductam_fw-la attestati_fw-la sunt_fw-la itemque_fw-la disceptationem_fw-la ab_fw-la ipso_fw-la scriptam_fw-la adversus_fw-la doctrinam_fw-la lutheri_fw-la melanchthonis_n &_o caluini_fw-la utilem_fw-la &_o per_fw-la omne_fw-la catholicam_fw-la iudicarunt_fw-la merito_fw-la utramque_fw-la typis_fw-la excudendam_fw-la iudico_fw-la ita_fw-la attestor_fw-la cunnerus_n petri_n pastor_n s._n petri_n lovanij_fw-la sacrae_fw-la theologiae_n professor_n .16_o novembris_fw-la a_o 1564._o a_o table_n of_o the_o special_a matter_n contain_v in_o the_o apology_n of_o staphylus_n in_o the_o discourse_n of_o the_o translator_n and_o in_o the_o preface_v off_o both_o 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other_o fol._n 224._o detestable_a doctrine_n off_o caluin_n fol._n 112._o absurdite_n in_o the_o doctrine_n off_o caluin_n fol._n 190._o &_o seq_fw-la the_o confession_n off_o ausgpurg_n resemble_v the_o synod_n off_o the_o arrian_n fol._n 186._o the_o civil_a lutheran_n resemble_v old_a beretike_n fol._n 185._o b._n vniversalite_n antiquite_v and_o consent_v sure_a note_n off_o the_o catholic_a doctrine_n fol._n 144_o confer_v off_o scribture_n be_v no_o certain_a rule_n to_o interpret_v scripture_n fol._n 159._o b._n 160._o what_o the_o communion_n off_o england_n be_v fol._n 205._o that_o we_o receive_v not_o a_o communion_n of_o christ_n body_n poore_v down_o upon_o we_o in_o the_o sacrament_n fol._n 190._o the_o communion_n off_o caluin_n destroy_v the_o necessite_n off_o communicant_n fol._n 191._o b._n people_n need_n not_o resort_v to_o the_o communion_n by_o the_o doctrine_n off_o caluin_n fol._n 198._o b._n 204._o b._n caluins_n doctrine_n about_o the_o bless_a sacrament_n 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follow_v caluin_n beli_v holy_a scripture_n fol._n 209._o the_o cause_n off_o contradiction_n in_o caluin_n fol._n 208._o b._n the_o lutheran_n have_v corrupt_v the_o crede_fw-la fol._n 97._o b._n they_o deny_v a_o article_n off_o the_o crede_fw-la fol._n 106._o the_o communion_n off_o the_o protestant_n be_v but_o food_n for_o refection_n fol._n 228._o b._n what_o the_o judge_n off_o present_a controversy_n ought_v to_o be_v fol._n 20._o b._n a_o clear_a example_n off_o debate_v a_o controversy_n fol._n 21._o what_o be_v all_o the_o controversy_n between_o the_o catholic_n and_o the_o protestant_n fol._n 35._o caluin_n teach_v christ_n to_o have_v suffer_v in_o hell_n fol._n 229._o what_o his_o doctrine_n be_v fol._n 233._o b._n off_o the_o civil_a lutheran_n fol._n 182._o b._n the_o difference_n between_o catholic_n and_o heretic_n fol._n 24._o the_o catholic_n have_v the_o word_n off_o god_n no_o less_o than_o the_o protestant_n fol._n 33._o the_o late_a death_n off_o many_o great_a 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